Question: John L. O’Sullivan

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Question: “Fifty-four forty or fight:

Answer: An aggressive slogan adopted in the Oregon boundary dispute, a dispute over where the border between Canada and Oregon should be drawn. This was also Polk’s slogan- the Democrats’ wanted the U.S. border drawn at the 54’40” latitude. Polk settled for the 49 latitude in 1846.

Question: Free Soil Party

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Question: Millard Fillmore

Answer: After Taylor’s death, Filmore begins his reign as Presiden and helped make the Compromise of 1850 happen. Does not run in the election of 1852, but is the Whig candidate in 1856 loses to Buchanan.

Question: Compromise of 1850 (ominous bill)

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Question: Franklin Pierce

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Question: Gasden Purchase

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Question: Pottawatomic Massacre

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Question: The crime against Kansas

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Question: Preston Brooks

Answer: 1856 charles sumner gave a 2 day speech on senate floor. He denounced the south for crimes against kansas and singled out senator andew brooks of south carolina for extra abuse. Brooks beat Sumner over the head with his cane, severely crippling him. Sumner was the first Republican martyr.